New Hope Podcast: P1 How Jesus Christ's Resurrection Guarantees the Proclamation of the Gospel

1 Timothy 3:15-16 "but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. 16 By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:

He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory."

Introduction:

Today's post will introduce the reader to the New Hope Podcast. Recently I did a three-part series of podcasts dealing with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Today's post features the first of these episodes, with the link included below. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead guarantees three realities:

1). Proclamation of the Gospel

http://media4.e-zekiel.tv/Assets/Media/3B9A952B-B429-43DE-B8E1-3ECADDAE1ACA.mp3

2). Purpose in Life

3). Permanent Hope

In all, three episodes cover this important theme of: "the guarantees of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead". These podcasts, and a few other episodes, are featured on the website of the church that God has blessed me to pastor: http://www.newhope-ny.org/. May God be glorified in these podcasts. 

An invitation to listen to two podcast episodes on the subject of defending the Christian faith

Acts 17:22-24 "So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you."

Introduction:

Today's blogpost features links to a couple of podcasts I recently did on the subject: ABC's of Apologetics and Evangelism. The podcasts are found over in the pod casting site which is an audio arm of this blog site. The first episode gives a general overview of a strategy for defending and sharing the Christian faith. The second episode features an argument for the existence of God from the standpoint of God being the Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth. Overtime I will be releasing more podcasts to round out the series, with the aim of providing a strategy for apologetics and evangelism that can be used by readers and listeners. To God be the glory! Here are the links (each episode is 7-8 minutes in length):

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/podcast-introduction-to-the-abcs-of-apologetics-evangelism/ 

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/podcast-abcs-of-apologetics-evangelism-the-almighty-god-maker-of-heaven-and-earth/ 

A podcast link: The reality of miracles and their relevance to Christmas

Matthew 1:19-21 "And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. (20) But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: "Joseph, Son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit."

Today's post features a link to a recent podcast that aims to equip people on how to defend and communicate the historicity of the virgin birth conception of Jesus. Just click on the link and then push the play button. The episode is roughly 12 minutes in length. https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/podcast-the-reality-of-miracles-and-their-relevance-to-christmas/

This time of year provides prime opportunity for Christians to share their faith with loved, friends and neighbors. In the podcast, I deal with the subject of the possibility of miracles, and how such a subject is relevant to the main truth of Christmas: namely Jesus' Christ's incarnation and virgin-birth conception. The hope is that the podcast will encourage and motivate readers and listeners to see why it is reasonable to believe in the historicity of the virgin - birth narratives of Jesus Christ in Matthew and Luke. To God be the glory! 

Invitation to check out 2 minute podcasts dealing with the character of scripture

Colossians 4:3-4 "praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; 4 that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak."

The above opening verses for today's post express the heart of this blogger in wanting to equip as many people as possible with tools for the practical, doctrinal and supernatural Christian life. When "Growing Christian Resources" was conceived several years ago, the hope was that anyone could click on a blogpost and use it for personal spiritual enrichment or utilize it for teaching or preaching situations. As an extension of this idea, I invite the reader to take a look at the podcast site that has this same idea - only in audio format. The podcast site is called "gcrpodcast", which is short for "Growing Christian Resources" podcast. This podcasting site contains several 15 minute podcast programs on different subjects and a new podcast program format called "TNT (Two minutes in Truth) podcast". 

Today I invite the reader to sample a recently completed series on the character of scripture. The aim of the podcasting site is to daily offer listeners two minute segments of God's truth. If you as a reader visit the site, you will also see that we are in a current series exploring how Jesus is revealed in the scriptures. I would hope that for many people, this podcasting site could function as a jumpstart to devotions or as a supplement to spurn on thinking in an area of God's Word. Each episode is only two minutes, and once listeners click on to the site, it is simply a matter of pushing "play" and listening. All the podcasts can be played on a computer, i-pad or phone.  The links to each podcast are included in this post below. May God richly bless you and thanks for visiting here and hopefully over at gcrpodcast.com.

1. 2 minute podcast on "Why Study Doctrine". Please click below

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/introducing-a-gcr-podcast-two-minutes-in-truth-tnt-why-study-doctrine/

2. 2 minute podcast on the "Divine Inspiration of Scripture". Please click below

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/tnt-podcast-2-minutes-in-truth-the-bibles-divine-inspiration/

3. 2 minute podcast on "What is meant by the term scripture". Please click on the link below

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/tnt-podcast-2-minutes-in-truth-what-is-meant-by-the-term-scripture/

4. 2 minute podcast on "What is meant by revelation and inspiration". Please click on the link below

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/fri-320-tnt-podcast-2-minutes-in-truth-what-is-revelation-and-inspiration/

5. 2 minute podcast entitled: "3 types of revelation". Please click below

https://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/sat-321-tnt-2-minutes-in-truth-podcast-3-types-of-revelation/

Come and listen to today's podast - Defining God's Marriage Standard

Genesis 2:22-25 "The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed."

Today the Growing Christian Resources Podcast, a podcast related to this blogsite, is featuring an episode entitled: "Defining God's Marriage Standard". I invite readers of this blog to go the following link and listen in on the program: http://gcrpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/podcast-episode-4-defining-gods-marriage-standard/